BAGHDAD: Three sets of bombings in Baghdad killed at least a dozen people last evening, the latest in a surge in bloodshed in Iraq just weeks ahead of scheduled parliamentary elections.
Two roadside bombs that exploded in Amriyah in western Baghdad, a car bomb in the northern district of Adhamiyah — both of which are Sunni-majority — and another vehicle in the Saidiyah neighbourhood also wounded at least 30 people, sources said.
The car bomb in Adhamiyah, which struck near a mosque, killed at least seven people and wounded 22, while the twin bombings in Amriyah left four dead. Another car bombing in Saidiyah killed one more.
Elsewhere in Iraq, attacks north of the capital killed three people, including a police colonel.
AFP
